1962 Chicago White Sox season
Major League Baseball team season
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The 1962 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 62nd season in the major leagues, and its 63rd season overall. They finished with a record of 85–77, which was good enough for fifth place in the American League, 11 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.
| 1962 Chicago White Sox | |
|---|---|
| League | American League |
| Ballpark | White Sox Park |
| City | Chicago |
| Record | 85–77 (.525) |
| League place | 5th |
| Owners | Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn |
| General managers | Ed Short |
| Managers | Al López |
| Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) |
| Radio | WCFL (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton) |
Offseason
- November 27, 1961: Minnie Miñoso was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Cunningham.[1]
- November 28, 1961: Roy Sievers was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Charley Smith and John Buzhardt.[2]
- March 24, 1962: Andy Carey was traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ramón Conde and Jim Koranda (minors).[3]
- Prior to 1962 season: Future basketball star Dave DeBusschere was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.[4]
Regular season
- April 22, 1962: Dave DeBusschere made his major league baseball debut in a game against the Kansas City Athletics.[4] He pitched one inning and gave up one walk.
Opening Day lineup
- Luis Aparicio, SS
- Nellie Fox, 2B
- Joe Cunningham, 1B
- Floyd Robinson, RF
- Al Smith, LF
- Mike Hershberger, CF
- Charley Smith, 3B
- Sherm Lollar, C
- Juan Pizarro, P
Season standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 50–30 | 46–36 |
| Minnesota Twins | 91 | 71 | .562 | 5 | 45–36 | 46–35 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 86 | 76 | .531 | 10 | 40–41 | 46–35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76 | .528 | 10½ | 49–33 | 36–43 |
| Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 11 | 43–38 | 42–39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 16 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 77 | 85 | .475 | 19 | 44–38 | 33–47 |
| Boston Red Sox | 76 | 84 | .475 | 19 | 39–40 | 37–44 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 39–42 | 33–48 |
| Washington Senators | 60 | 101 | .373 | 35½ | 27–53 | 33–48 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA | MIN | NYY | WAS | |||
| Baltimore | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 2–16 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 12–6 | |||
| Boston | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 7–11 | 11–6 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 8–9 | |||
| Chicago | 9–9 | 10–8 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | |||
| Cleveland | 7–11 | 11–7 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 9–9 | |||
| Detroit | 16–2 | 6–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 11–7 | |||
| Kansas City | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 15–3 | |||
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | — | 9–9 | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||
| Minnesota | 12–6 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 9–9 | — | 7–11 | 10–8–1 | |||
| New York | 7–11 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 11–7 | — | 15–3 | |||
| Washington | 6–12 | 9–8 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 3–15 | 7–11 | 8–10–1 | 3–15 | — | |||
Roster
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Player stats
| = Indicates league leader |
Batting
Note: G=Games played; AB=At bats; R=Runs scored; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; BB=Base on balls; SO=Strikeouts; AVG=Batting average; SB=Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Aparicio, SS | 153 | 581 | 72 | 140 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 36 | .241 | 31 |
| Ken Berry, OF | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Cam Carreon, C | 106 | 313 | 31 | 80 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 33 | 37 | .256 | 1 |
| Ramón Conde, 3B | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Joe Cunningham, 1B, RF | 149 | 526 | 91 | 155 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 70 | 101 | 59 | .295 | 3 |
| Sammy Esposito, SS, 3B | 75 | 81 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | .235 | 0 |
| Bob Farley, 1B | 35 | 53 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | .189 | 0 |
| Nellie Fox, 2B | 157 | 621 | 79 | 166 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 54 | 38 | 12 | .267 | 1 |
| Mike Hershberger, RF, CF | 148 | 427 | 54 | 112 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 37 | 36 | .262 | 10 |
| Deacon Jones, 1B | 18 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | .321 | 0 |
| Dick Kenworthy, 2B | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim Landis, CF | 149 | 534 | 82 | 122 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 80 | 105 | .228 | 19 |
| Sherm Lollar, C | 84 | 220 | 17 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 32 | 23 | .268 | 1 |
| J. C. Martin, C | 18 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .077 | 0 |
| Charlie Maxwell, LF, RF, 1B | 69 | 206 | 30 | 61 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 32 | .296 | 0 |
| Brian McCall, CF | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .375 | 0 |
| Floyd Robinson, LF, RF | 156 | 600 | 89 | 187 | 45 | 10 | 11 | 109 | 72 | 47 | .312 | 4 |
| Bob Roselli, C | 35 | 64 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | .188 | 1 |
| Bob Sadowski, 3B, 2B | 79 | 130 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 22 | .231 | 0 |
| Al Smith, 3B, LF | 142 | 511 | 62 | 149 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 82 | 57 | 60 | .292 | 3 |
| Charley Smith, 3B | 65 | 145 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 32 | .207 | 0 |
| Al Weis, SS | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .083 | 1 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Baumann, P | 40 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | .267 | 0 |
| John Buzhardt, P | 28 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | .118 | 0 |
| Eddie Fisher, P | 57 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .130 | 0 |
| Ray Herbert, P | 35 | 82 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | .195 | 0 |
| Joe Horlen, P | 20 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .053 | 0 |
| Mike Joyce, P | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 | 0 |
| Russ Kemmerer, P | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Turk Lown, P | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Juan Pizarro, P | 37 | 69 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | .159 | 0 |
| Dean Stone, P | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Early Wynn, P | 27 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 | .130 | 0 |
| Dom Zanni, P | 44 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .278 | 1 |
Team totals |
162 | 5514 | 707 | 1415 | 250 | 56 | 92 | 662 | 620 | 674 | .257 | 76 |
Pitching
Note: W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; G=Games pitched; GS=Games started; SV=Saves; IP=Innings pitched; H=Hits allowed; R=Runs allowed; ER=Earned runs allowed; HR=Home runs allowed; BB=Walks allowed; K=Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Baumann | 7 | 6 | 3.38 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 119.2 | 117 | 46 | 45 | 10 | 41 | 55 |
| John Buzhardt | 8 | 12 | 4.19 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 152.1 | 156 | 75 | 71 | 16 | 62 | 64 |
| Dave DeBusschere | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 |
| Mike DeGerick | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Fisher | 9 | 5 | 3.10 | 57 | 12 | 5 | 182.2 | 169 | 74 | 63 | 17 | 46 | 88 |
| Ray Herbert | 20 | 9 | 3.27 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 236.2 | 228 | 90 | 86 | 13 | 78 | 115 |
| Joe Horlen | 7 | 6 | 4.89 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 108.2 | 108 | 62 | 59 | 10 | 45 | 63 |
| Mike Joyce | 2 | 1 | 3.32 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 43.1 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 9 |
| Russ Kemmerer | 2 | 1 | 3.86 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| Frank Kreutzer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Turk Lown | 4 | 2 | 3.04 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 56.1 | 58 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 40 |
| Gary Peters | 0 | 1 | 5.68 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Juan Pizarro | 12 | 14 | 3.81 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 203.1 | 182 | 97 | 86 | 16 | 100 | 173 |
| Herb Score | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Dean Stone | 1 | 0 | 3.26 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 30.1 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Early Wynn | 7 | 15 | 4.46 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 167.2 | 171 | 90 | 83 | 15 | 62 | 91 |
| Dom Zanni | 6 | 5 | 3.75 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 86.1 | 67 | 42 | 36 | 12 | 34 | 66 |
Team totals |
85 | 77 | 3.73 | 162 | 162 | 28 | 1451.2 | 1380 | 658 | 602 | 123 | 575 | 821 |
Farm system
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | American Association | Luke Appling |
| A | Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox | Sally League | Les Moss |
| C | Visalia White Sox | California League | Dick Kinaman |
| D | Harlan Smokies | Appalachian League | Chips Sobek and Lamar North |
| D | Sarasota Sun Sox | Florida State League | George Noga |
| D | Clinton C-Sox | Midwest League | Ira Hutchinson |
Savannah franchise moved to Lynchburg, August 26, 1962; Harlan affiliation shared with New York Yankees[5]